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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 03:59 PM Jun 2013

Kobach issues alarming gun threat after protest at his house

Kansas Secretary State Kris Kobach isn’t pulling any punches after 200 or so immigration reform supporters showed up at his Wyandotte County house Saturday when he wasn’t there.

“It’s important we recognize there’s a reason we have the Second Amendment,” he told a Fox News journalist. “There are situations like this where you have a mob and you do need to be able to protect yourself.”

In other words, Kobach sounds as if he would have been ready to shoot if someone had gotten out of hand, although it’s important to note that no one did (as the video in the Fox News link indicates).

Kobach was responding to a protest put together with the help of Sunflower Community Action; here is information from the group about why it did what it did over the weekend.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/17/4298150/kobach-issues-alarming-gun-threat.html#storylink=cpy

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Kobach issues alarming gun threat after protest at his house (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 OP
What an idiot! rdharma Jun 2013 #1
"situations like this where you have a mob..." - BULLSHIT demwing Jun 2013 #2
They are also being accused of littering. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #5
I have a very low opinion of folks who threaten to shoot people! rdharma Jun 2013 #3
Probably so. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #6
I bet most of the gun fanciers loving this one Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #4
Because, FREEDOM! Electric Monk Jun 2013 #8
That's just stupid. bluedigger Jun 2013 #7
 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
2. "situations like this where you have a mob..." - BULLSHIT
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 04:15 PM
Jun 2013

It wasn't a "mob" - it was a peaceful protest. Anyone that doesn't understand the difference doesn't understand the 1st Amendment, and shouldn't be allowed to hold public office.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
3. I have a very low opinion of folks who threaten to shoot people!
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 04:35 PM
Jun 2013

Does this play well with Kobach's party base in Kansas?

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
7. That's just stupid.
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 04:56 PM
Jun 2013

In what dream world does he think a gun is going to protect him from a violent mob of two hundred people? Not that this was any such thing, mind you. But his use of the situation as an argument for the 2A is idiotic on it's face.

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